Read Mehdi Zannad’s text on André des Gachons: Weather Warning based on the recent publication, La Veille du ciel: aquarelles météorologiques. Drawing: Plate from Atlas International des Nuages(International Cloud Atlas) published in 1896 by the Comité Météorologique International. DMC 2466.3.
On Saturday 18 April, architect Mark West will lead a workshop at Drawing Matter using a method he describes as ‘Drawing from Clouds’. It is an approach that allows you to see things, and draw things, you did not know; it is simultaneously invention and copying; a curious mixture of careful technique and automatic freedom. Tickets available now.
On Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March, Drawing Matter will present an exhibition of drawings by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza (b. 1933). The exhibition focusses on Siza as a designer of public housing after the Carnation Revolution (1974–75) and his approaches to drawing—in particular, the significance of his sketchbooks, 48 of which are now part of the Drawing Matter collection.
Student applications are now open for the 2026 Drawing Matter Summer School!
Tutor applications are now open for the 2026 Drawing Matter Summer School!
New in the Collection
Anton Hanak (1875–1934), Study for a bronze sculpture, Denkmal der Republik, Austria, c.1920s. Indian ink on thin gridded paper, 278 × 458 mm. DMC 3992.
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Find an archive of the building projects and interventions at Shatwell Farm, Somerset, Drawing Matter’s home from 2014 – 2024, here.
The Shatwell Valley. Photos: Sue Barr.
The Drawing Matter Archive at Shatwell Farm and grain silos.
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